Example sentences of "have gone [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dog squadron instructor Keith Waugh was born to be in the RAF and , after 11 satisfying years , he 's happy to say his family 's links with the force have gone to the dogs |
| 2 | ‘ Och well , a terrible lot have gone to the colours , that is true . |
| 3 | ‘ For all these years ABA champions have gone to the Olympics . |
| 4 | ‘ But you have gone beyond the bounds of prudence ; knowing perfectly well that the great majority of our readers are men … ’ |
| 5 | Tonight Mr Deputy Speaker , the Conservatives have gone through the motions . |
| 6 | A spokesman for Schroders , the Government 's merchant bankers , said : ‘ We have found that the average number of shares has increased as we have gone through the applications . ’ |
| 7 | A spokesman for Schroders , the Government 's merchant bankers , said : ‘ We have found that the average number of shares has increased as we have gone through the applications . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We have gone over the dangers from dead-ball situations repeatedly in training , ’ he stormed . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's old folks and neighbours that have gone into the houses , and it will be children who will benefit in years to come from the jobs that are created . |
| 10 | The West coast side have gone off the rails in recent weeks following successive defeats by Western and Hazlehead but as the cup is realistically their last chance of glory this term they will certainly not concede defeat from the want of effort . |
| 11 | The Electoral Reform Society believes most of those who have gone off the rolls are potential Labour supporters , if only because of their assumed strong opposition to the poll tax . |
| 12 | All the Smarties have gone from the plates which now have small pink morsels on . |
| 13 | Thirty years , more or less , have gone by the boards since a ragtag group of artists converged on a spot in lower Manhattan called Coenties Slip . |
| 14 | The pair have gone against the wishes of management staff by opting for High Wycombe in preference to a ‘ compulsory ’ Commonwealth Games get-together at Inverclyde Centre , Largs . |
| 15 | The Ness Historical Society has focussed on a small group of six unemployed young people who have gone round the villages collecting tape recordings and photographs relating specifically to past modes of employment and to emigration . |